Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:34:11 -0500 From: "Guy Helmer" <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> To: <dan@langille.org>, <security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-01:55.procfs Message-ID: <HEEHKIJOHDLFOOEBABJICEDNCAAA.ghelmer@palisadesys.com> In-Reply-To: <3B82E2D3.823.D177AF1@localhost>
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Dan Langille wrote: > On 21 Aug 2001, at 13:39, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote: > > > # cd /usr/src/sys > > # patch -p < /path/to/patch > > [dan@xeon:/usr/src/sys] $ sudo patch -p < /usr/patches/procfs.patch > Hmm... Looks like a unified diff to me... > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |Index: sys/i386/linux/linprocfs/linprocfs_vnops.c > |=================================================================== > |RCS file: > /usr2/ncvs/src/sys/i386/linux/linprocfs/Attic/linprocfs_vnops.c,v > |retrieving revision 1.3.2.4 > |retrieving revision 1.3.2.5 > |diff -u -r1.3.2.4 -r1.3.2.5 > |--- sys/i386/linux/linprocfs/linprocfs_vnops.c 2001/06/25 > 19:46:47 1.3.2.4 > |+++ sys/i386/linux/linprocfs/linprocfs_vnops.c 2001/08/12 > 14:29:19 1.3.2.5 > -------------------------- > File to patch: > > Is it just me or is this becoming a recurring theme? *grin* > > I volunteer to test every patch, given that I seem to be the first to > report the problem. > > The patch works if you cd /usr/src, not /usr/src/sys It is my sense from reading some other vendor's advisories (namely RedHat) that advisories go through internal review and correction prior to release. A quick review process by a small group of interested security-minded folks could help catch minor typos like this one. Would security-officer be willing to setup a private mail list for a small group of interested people and give them a few hours to review proposed advisories prior to release? Guy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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